Listen "How Philip Taylor built FinCon, the leading conference for personal finance creators"
Episode Synopsis
My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/ Today, the personal finance content niche is absolutely ginormous. You can't open up YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram without encountering an influencer who gives advice on how to make and save money. Today's guest Philip Taylor anticipated this content explosion all the way back in 2011. That's when he launched FinCon, a conference specifically designed for personal finance content creators. That first year he attracted around 250 attendees, but over the next decade it grew into the largest conference in this niche, attracting over 3,000 attendees a year. In our interview, Philip walked us through how he got into the personal finance space, his strategy for growing the conference, and his ambitions for launching similar conferences in other niche categories.
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